Theoretical Perspectives on Narcissism and Social Media: The Big (and Beautiful) Picture

2018 ◽  
pp. 443-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Keith Campbell ◽  
Jessica McCain
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives

ISIS Propaganda

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
International Security ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
One Stop ◽  
Stop Point

ISIS Propaganda offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of the Islamic State’s (IS) propaganda. Combining a range of different theoretical perspectives from across the social sciences and using rigorous methods, the authors pursue several interconnected tasks. They trace the origins of IS’s message, they lay bare the strategic logic guiding its evolution, they examine each of its many components (magazines, videos, music, social media, etc.) and show how they work together to radicalize audiences’ worldviews, and they highlight the challenges such a “full-spectrum propaganda” raises in terms of counterterrorism. The volume hence not only represents a one-stop point for any analyst of IS and Salafi-jihadism, but also a rich contribution to the study of text and visual propaganda, radicalization and political violence, and international security.

scholarly journals The Importance of Belonging: A Study About Positioning Processes in Youths’ Online Communication

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402098886
Author(s):  
Liselotte Eek-Karlsson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Gender Category ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Normative Expectations ◽  
Interpretation Process ◽  
Reciprocal Processes

The aim of this study is to contribute with knowledge of young peoples’ communication in social media. A total of 32 boys and girls aged 14 to 15 years old, from two schools in Sweden, participated in this study. A hermeneutic interpretation process formed the basis of the analysis process. The data were thematized based on patterns found throughout the material. Theoretical perspectives concerning normalization processes related to the use of language were connected to the data to deepen the understanding of themes and patterns. The result shows that there is an ongoing negotiation with reciprocal processes in which both boys and girls have lots of reference points to consider, when they interact online. There are social norms and rules related to the online arena itself, as well as normative expectations connected to gender orders. The gender category is intertwined with sexuality and group hierarchies, which give the youth different power positions to act online.

Reclaiming Australia: Indigenous Hip-Hop group A.B. Original’s use of Twitter

2018 ◽  
Vol 169 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzi Hutchings ◽  
Dianne Rodger
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Hip Hop ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Indigenous Knowledges ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Twitter Activity

This article explores how Indigenous-Australian Hip-Hop group A.B. Original use Twitter to promote their music and more broadly, as a conduit for political expression, protest and the celebration of Indigenous identities. We use Indigenous knowledges and Indigenous standpoint theories to extend on the current literature that examines the use of social media by Indigenous peoples. In decolonising research, these theoretical perspectives position the Indigenous participant at the centre of research practice where knowledge is created. Indigenous knowledges therefore become the paradigm through which social interaction is understood and described. Our thematic analysis of A.B. Original’s public Twitter activity from November 2016 to January 2017 demonstrates that the combination of Hip-Hop and social media are powerful forces utilised by young Indigenous people in Australia to discuss issues impacting their everyday lives and to make meaningful statements on contemporary Aboriginality and sovereignty.

Emotional Branding and Social Media

2018 ◽  
pp. 289-302
Author(s):  
Nicholas Mathew ◽  
Ashutosh Dixit
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Emotional Appeals ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Positive And Negative Emotions

Emotional branding is increasingly being used by marketers to win customers for their products or services. And, social media has become a growing and popular forum where marketers use emotional branding. This paper/chapter explores the concept of emotional branding and the role of emotional branding in marketing contexts such as in social media. Positive and negative emotions are explored with practical examples of advertisements that use emotional appeals. The paper provides a literature review on emotions and emotional branding and offers theoretical perspectives on the emotional branding concept. The paper also provides a brief discussion on the theoretical and practical implications of emotional branding in the realm of marketing.

Emotional Branding and Social Media

2018 ◽  
pp. 579-592
Author(s):  
Nicholas Mathew ◽  
Ashutosh Dixit
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Emotional Appeals ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Positive And Negative Emotions

Emotional branding is increasingly being used by marketers to win customers for their products or services. And, social media has become a growing and popular forum where marketers use emotional branding. This paper/chapter explores the concept of emotional branding and the role of emotional branding in marketing contexts such as in social media. Positive and negative emotions are explored with practical examples of advertisements that use emotional appeals. The paper provides a literature review on emotions and emotional branding and offers theoretical perspectives on the emotional branding concept. The paper also provides a brief discussion on the theoretical and practical implications of emotional branding in the realm of marketing.

Social Media Uses and Effects

2017 ◽  
pp. 34-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Pindayi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
African Society ◽  
Domino Effect ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Common

This chapter aims at analysing the effects of social media on African society by focusing on WhatsApp usage. The chapter will; one, show how usage of WhatsApp is affecting interpersonal relationships in Africa. Two, evaluate the common uses of WhatsApp in Africa. Three, scrutinise the reasons people in Africa prefer using WhatsApp. Four, add theoretical perspectives on how social media is impacting on the communication landscape of the region. The chapter will also introduce two concepts, one; medium veracity wherein different media have varying levels of trust or credibility and two; the social media domino effect, wherein social media platforms are mutually dependent and have a symbiotic relationship. By examining why people are using WhatsApp, this chapter seeks to add to the empirical conversation on futility and the transformative potential of social media.

scholarly journals Building Organisation-Community Relationships in Co-Creative Social Networking Platforms: An Ecological Systems Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyeong Kang ◽  
Fatuma Namisango
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
Nonprofit Organisations ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Community Relationships

Nonprofit organisations use social networking platforms to interact, engage, and build productive relationships with target audiences for co-created outcomes. This chapter pursues two interrelated objectives: First, it identifies key stages in the growth of organisation-community relationships on co-creative social networking platforms. Second, it discusses the multi-levelled factors influencing these relationships at the respective stages. To achieve these objectives, we make a general review of scholarship on nonprofit use of social media, social networking platforms for co-creation, and organisation-public relationships on social media. We used the ecological systems perspective to identify the internal and external environmental influences on organisational relationships in social networking platforms. This chapter presents three abstract stages of organisation-community relationships: emergence, growth, and collapse, based on existing empirical observations and theoretical perspectives. We reveal four levels of ecological-based factors that influence different stages of organisation-community relationships on co-creative social networking platforms. We indicate the potentially strong and weaker influences on organisational relationships.

THE GOD-AWFUL SMALL AFFAIR OF THE INVISIBLE ORGANIST: DAVID BOWIE TRANSLATED

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Hilson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sudden Death ◽  
Pipe Organ ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Life On Mars ◽  
Musical History ◽  
Musical Arrangement ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Invisible

Abstract Following the sudden death of David Bowie in January 2016, perhaps the least expected tributes were the various organ renditions of his 1973 single ‘Life On Mars’ played by the organists of St Albans Cathedral, Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow and Dublin’s St Joseph’s Church. Becoming instant social media sensations, what are we to make of these different versions of Bowie’s song played on the pipe organ, the so-called ‘King of Instruments’, and why did the organists choose ‘Life On Mars’ over any other Bowie song? In this essay, I consider these and other related questions from a range of theoretical perspectives, initially drawing on philosopher and musicologist Peter Szendy’s notion of the musical arrangement as translation, whilst also conceding that as a translation, something in the process of arrangement is lost. What might that ‘something’ be? Understanding him to be one of the most conspicuous musical artists of our time, I go on to employ media philosopher Sybille Kramer’s transmission theory of communication, positing Bowie as a messenger-translator who is also a powerful cultural interferer. As such, he is the antithesis of the church organist who, like the person of the textual translator as outlined by translation theorist Lawrence Venuti, has occupied a marginal if not abject space within musical history. Given this relegated position, how does Bowie’s own use of the organ sit with its use as an instrument of elegy in the various renditions referred to above, and can it tell us anything else about translation?

(Ent-)Politisierung?

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Special Volume ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Scientific Expertise ◽  
Political Decision Making

Contradictory trends of depoliticisation and (re-)politicisation seem to characterise current democratic society. Protest movements and populism polarise opinions on both the streets and social media, while anonymous algorithms or scientific expertise threaten to technocratise political decision-making. At the same time, these phenomena raise the question of democratic theoretical standards of evaluation. This special volume provides a conceptual framework for the analysis and interpretation of these processes and relates previously unconnected fields of research. Theoretical perspectives and empirical findings thus form a debate on the understanding as well as the manifestations and dynamics of politics in the 21st century. With contributions by Priska Daphi, Beth Gharrity Gardner, Anna Geis, Samuel Greef, Simon Hegelich, Eva Her-schinger, Fabienne Marco, David Meiering,Michael Neuber, Orestis Papakyriakopoulos, Friedbert W. Rüb, Linda Sauer, Andreas Schäfer, Wolfgang Schroeder, Hanna Schwander, Grit Straßenberger, Jennifer Ten Elsen, Lena Ulbricht and Claudia Wiesner.

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